twentieth century played a role. The primary reason is that those who survive most infectious diseases carry a health burden …

We analyze the economic consequences for less developed countries of investing in female health. In so doing we … investments in their education and in which we allow for health-related gender differences in productivity. We show that better … female health speeds up the demographic transition and thereby the take-off toward sustained economic growth. By contrast …

The opioid crisis generates broader societal harms beyond direct health and economic effects, impacting non …

In this paper, we examine the impact of school shootings on the human health and capital outcomes of middle and high … experience declines in health and well-being, engage in more risky behaviors, and have worse education and labor market outcomes …

affects health. However, population sorting and other confounders make it difficult to disentangle the effects of place on … health from other geographic differences in life expectancy. Recent studies have overcome such challenges to demonstrate that … place of residence substantially influences health and mortality. Whether policies that encourage people to move to places …

Health insurance may play an important role not only in immediate access to care but in the management of chronic … disease, which would have implications for long-run care needs as well as health outcomes. Such causal connections are often … several markers of physical health. This analysis complements several prior studies by introducing new data elements and by …

. For adults, neighborhood environments matter for their health and well-being but have more ambiguous impacts on labor …

pain in mid-life (age 44) on health, wellbeing and labor market outcomes in later life. We examine data taken at age 50 in … chronic pain at age 44 continue to report pain and poor general health in their 50s. However, the associations are much … stronger for those with chronic pain. Furthermore, chronic pain at age 44 is associated with a range of poor mental health …